About Me

I am the proud mother of 6 children. 5 of our children have autism. We do not feel our world has ended, but just begun. We do not chelate, intervene biochemically, give shots of any kind, practice ABA, etc.
We treat them as we treat any humanbeing. We treat them with kindness and respect and expect the same from them.
They are exceptional children.

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

ON HIS WAY...

Kiernan has always been a man of little...well...no words.Lately, Kiernan has decided it is time for him to communicate withhis voice, not just his Vanguard system or spelling out the words..

I knew this day would come. We have been raising a child with autismfor over 18 years. Believe it or not....Autistic children do get better withoutthe need of expensive biomedical interventions.

How do I know ????

Because, we have 5 children with Autism.3 of them are non-distinguishable from their peers....but, they are autistic.They went from severe autism, and all that entails (poop-smearing, screaming,running away, lack of sleeping, non-verbal)...to functional, productive people.All of this while ingesting a gluten-filled, casein-filled diet.

These children have remained in speech and occupational therapies. They did notparticipate in the dangerous practices of Hbot and chelation....

Caitlin remained non-verbal....between the ages of 8 and 9, she decided it was timefor her to talk. She has remained verbal and can answer most of your questions abouther autism. She will tell you what bothers her and why she does the things she does...like cover her ears and humming. Her mind is quite fascinating....as is she.

So, now that Kiernan is discovering his voice....I want to share with the parents ofchildren with Autism who are told without spending their life-savings on unproventreatments that....YES....your child will mature and get better.Unlike the sites that promote the despair of Autism and all the propaganda thatgoes along with this despair, I want to share the joy of my children and all thejoy they have brought us.

So...I believe Kiernan is well on his way to talking to us....It may be soon, it may not...but....he is on his way..

9 comments:

My Andrew was non-verbal until he was around 3...and then he found his voice. Now, you can't shut the child up...he talks to anyone, anywhere (sometimes that's a little detrimental because we try and teach not to talk to strangers, a concept lost on him, lol). He too is indistinguishable from his peers and we too only used speech and occupational therapy and a rich gluten and casein diet, lol. All this through love and patience...from his family and his fabulous therapists!

FarmWifeTwo...Where did I say I was against diets?I believe diets are essential for the growth of our children.If a child has a dairy allergy..remove the dairy...BUT!!!It does not make him or her non-autistic.

There is NO cure for Autism.Children recover without the needs for the expensive interventions....

I am thrilled your child is improving. I hope you continue to see growth with his maturation.

Yeah, our guy didn't talk until he was six. Kids grow up and learn things. It's beautiful to watch but, as you so rightly point out, it is a natural process aided by education, and not the result of a miracle cure.